The most important economic events of the week (December 8–15, 2025)
Tuesday, December 9
18:00 – JOLTS: Number of job openings in the US labor market (for September)
Forecast: 7.200 million
Previous value: 7.227 million
Wednesday, December 10
18:30 – Crude oil inventories in the US (EIA)
Forecast: +0.574 million barrels
22:00 – Economic forecasts FOMC
22:00 – Statement of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
22:00 – Decision of the Federal Reserve System on the interest rate
Forecast: 3.75 %
Previous value: 4.00 %
22:30 – Press conference of the Fed Chair
Thursday, December 11
16:30 – Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US
Forecast: 221 thousand
Previous value: 191 thousand
This week will be extremely important due to the FOMC meeting and the likely rate cut of 25 basis points.